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RICHARD -MUEHR L RUDOLPII MUEHR.

I SHIPPING CRATE.

AIJPLIUATION :FILED MAY 25, 1910.

i986,587. Patented; Mar. 14, 1911.

WJTNESSES [NVE/wom ZMJU? f' Y Y@ RICHARD' MURI-,13 AND R-DLPH MUEHR, 0F WEIMAR, TEXAS.

SHIPPING-CRATE.

ascesa Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Application led May25, 1910, Serial No. 563,455. 4

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be `it known that we, RICHARD MUEH and RUDOLPH MUEHR, citizens of the United States, residing at i/veimar, in the county of Colorado and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Crates; and we do hereby declare the fol owing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as ill enable others skilled in the art to which it apportains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to new-and useful improvements in shipping crates and 'our object is to provide means for secureiy holding the parts position.

A further object is to 'provide 'means for disengaging portions'of the crate from the base thereof when the crate is in its knocked down position, and, a further object is to provide means whereby the end walls of the crate may be folded over other parts of the crate when in a knocked down position.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred .to and more particularly pointed out in the specication and claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is be swung over and -restedon the upper edges a plan view of a crate showing the walls thereof connected together and in a knocked state. Fig. 2 is a detail 'perspective view showing the manner of locking the parts of the crate together. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of one of the locking mechanisms, and, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the manner ofattaching the side vwalls of the crate to the base section thereof.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate correspond ing parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the base of the crate, which is preferably rectangular in general outline and extending across the bottom face vthereof are wires 2, said wiresbeing secured to the base in any suitable manner. The wires 2 are provided with loopst at their ends, with which engage hooks -1 of wires 5, said wires 5' extending across the outer faces of the` side walls 6 and 7 of the crate. The wires 5 extending across the side wall 7 are looped into engagement with similar wires 8 eX tending across a cover 9, so that when the side walls 6 and 7 are swung upwardly or to their assembled positions, the cover 9 may of the crate in 'an assembled substantially at its longitudinal center to forman eye 13, with` which the end s of the 'wires V8 engage, one arm of the locking meniber having a coiled portion 14, through which 'any suitable form of securing device is introduced' to fasten the locking member to the cover. The arms of the locking member are slightly at an outward incline andare bent at right angles to form the fingers 11 vat their free endsjf Then introducing the locking members into .engagement with the eyes 10, the sections of the locking members' carrying the fingersV are pressed together. After the ends of the loekinginembers arel introduced through the eyes, the pressure thereon is released, whereupon the spring tension of the coiled portions forming the eyes will'separate the sections carrying the fingers and position the fingers to engage theouter faces ofthe eyes, thereby holding the eyes against casual disengagement from the locking members.

The end walls 15 have wires 16 extended transversely thereacross, which wires 'terminate at both ends in eyes 17, which are adapted to be engaged by spring locking members 18 carried at the ends of the side walls 6 and 7, said spring'members being formed similar to the members 12, except that the coiled portion 14 is dispensed with and the securing means introduced through the eyes formed by the coil of the locking member. The end walls 15 are hingcdly secured to the base 1 by attaching links 19 to the outer wires 2 and the lowermost wires 16, said links being looped together at the ends of the base l, so that said end walls may be readily thrown upwardly to assemble the same or swung in the opposite direction and positioned over the base 1 when in itsiknocked down position.

The inner faces of the side walls 6 and 7 may be provided with cleats 20, between which is adapted to be positioned a partition board 2l, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, the partition when the` crate is in its I .the base.

- when the locking members 18 are depressed upper edges'of the-side and end Walls and in their v is to be 11e-shipped, the cover and side walls be quickly set up or upper edges of the end walls 15.

' of the base 'which will occupy but a knocked position resting fiat on the face of The ends of the cover 9 may also be provided with the locking members 18, which are radapted to engage eyes 22 on the In assembling the crate, the hooks 4 are first/engaged with the loops 3 and the side and end. walls swung to a vertical position,

and entered through the eyes 17 on the end Walls. The cover'9 is then swung over the the locking members 12 engaged with the eyes 10 andthe locking members 18 with the eyes 22 on theiend walls, thereby se- 'curelylocking the several parts of the crate assembled positions. When the crate yeyes of the wires onv the side v In testimony whereof we have signed oursion may require. It will further be seen that when the lockingmembersare roperly secured with their respective eyes, t e parts of the crate will be securely locked in their assembled positions.' It will further be seen that the various wires extending over the' outer faces of the parts of the crate will form a reinforcing means therefor. ,It will Vlikewise be seenthat in view of. the fact of wood and wire employed-for binding the parts in their assembled ositions, the crate vcan be produced at a minimum expense and will be extremely 'light' in weight.

4oV that the parts of the crate are 4constructed 'v A shipping crate, comprising the combina- .i

tion with the side and' end walls, a' cover and wires connecting said parts together, certain of said Wires having eyes at. their ends, of 'locking members formed from single erm eyes, the

ieces of wire and`coiled attheircenters to free ends of sald 4locking members having fingers extending at right angles thereto and adapted to engage the and end walls.

names to ,this specification in the. presence l fopies of this patent mayA be obtained for iv cents eacheby addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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